Dr Nina Bal is featured in the Autumn 2026 issue of MilliOnAir, in a piece by Juliet Herd on how to achieve younger looking skin with the latest intense pulsed light devices. Its subject is Sciton's BBL HEROic™, the treatment the magazine calls the "Ferrari" of intense pulsed light, and which it notes counts Victoria Beckham, Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian among its fans.
Juliet grew up in Australia and writes about the flat brown patches that years of strong sun left on her face, and how decades of skincare had only ever made a patchy difference. When Dr Nina invited her to try BBL HEROic™ at the clinic on Brompton Road, she promised it was:
"Like an MOT for the skin."
Two sessions, two different approaches
The feature follows Juliet through two treatments with Grace, whom the magazine calls Dr Nina's "laser boss". The first was deliberately gentle. With a beach holiday coming up, Grace kept things "relatively mild", treating redness, broken capillaries and pigmentation while encouraging collagen, rather than provoking a strong pigment response that could have meant a longer recovery. Juliet describes only mild redness that settled within a few hours.
The second session was more targeted. Grace used a longer pulse width with a higher fluence and the 532+ filter to go after the individual brown patches directly. As she explains in the piece:
"Because we were directly treating the pigment rather than simply performing a more general rejuvenation pass, you had a much stronger visible response afterwards."
Juliet is candid that this one was intense, with a sensation Grace compares to the snap of a rubber band, and equally clear that her skin felt smoother and tighter within a couple of weeks. The magazine notes that a course of three sessions, about a month apart, is what is recommended for the best results.
Why the settings matter as much as the device
The point the feature makes without quite saying it is that BBL HEROic™ is not one treatment. The same device can be set for a light, all over refresh or for a concentrated attack on specific spots, and the choice depends on the skin, the concern and what is in the patient's diary. A first session that respects an upcoming holiday and a second that goes harder on stubborn pigment is exactly that judgement at work.
It is also why autumn is the season for it. Light based treatment cannot be done on recently tanned skin, and the pigment that summer brings out is at its most visible now. Prices, what to expect and real patient results are on the BBL HEROic treatment page. For a closer look at how the light works, read what BBL HEROic is and what it treats in the Journal, or start with the pigmentation and sun damage guide.
